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...work has also inspired six movies--the first, Blade Runner (from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), released just after his death. Total Recall (from the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale") followed in 1990, then the French Barjo (from Confessions of a Crap Artist) and Screamers (from "Second Variety"). This year, two more: the O.K. Impostor and now Minority Report...
...seat of my car with a smile painted on my face to get me to go near Hollywood." And for all the postmortem respect accorded Dick's work, no movie yet has been both fully faithful to his ideas and successful on its own terms. The two best--Blade Runner, with its "more human than human" androids, and Minority Report--use Dick as a launching pad for their own propulsive flights of fantasy...
...over the soccer part eventually--after all, it's kind of like the soccer we make our suburban children play, only without the goal scoring. But the global part just isn't going to happen. When I hear that Tunisia is playing Belgium for the crucial Group H runner-up spot, all I want is a map. The only way Americans are going to learn another country's name is if it attacks...
...been playing tennis, Richard Williams has been saying that they were destined to dominate the sport. Williams p?re's optimism was finally justified when Venus and Serena made it to No. 1 and 2 in the world rankings after contesting the French Open final. Serena's win and Venus' runner-up slot gave them the points to head the list. It could be a long time before anyone dislodges them. Since little sister Serena - she is 15 months younger and 12 cm shorter than Venus - won the U.S. Open in 1999, the sibling rivals' world domination has been gaining pace...
...Baffert saw something in War Emblem that Reineman didn't--a nasty competitor begging to get loose on a big track. So did Prince Ahmed bin Salman, an American-educated, Saudi Arabian stable owner who had charged Baffert with finding him a Derby runner, and the two hoped their hunch would pay off. Did it ever. War Emblem won the Derby in style, going off as a 20-to-1 shot and leading wire to wire. Two weeks later, in the Preakness, the "speed" horses were supposed to drain War Emblem like a cheap battery. He won going away. "Baffert...